With 1:43 left in the second quarter of the Lakers' 98-97 Sunday win, World Peace and Knight became entangled as they worked to gain position for an impending rebound. Instead of simply clearing out the smaller Knight, World Peace wrapped his right arm around the back of Knight's neck and used his left arm to strike Knight to the jaw.

Knight then reacted with a forearm to World Peace as officials and players became aware of the tussle and crowded the lane. Officials, who had previously monitored an on-ball foul of Pau Gasol, determined World Peace committed a flagrant foul on Knight. The call took World Peace's career flagrant foul count to 20, the most among active NBA players.

The scene of World Peace's most recent flagrant foul was not ideal, to say the least. In Detroit at The Palace of Auburn Hills, Sunday's game was a return to stadium where World Peace, then a member of the Indiana Pacers known as Ron Artest, almost ended his NBA career in a 2004 brawl with Pistons players that spilled into the crowd. World Peace sparked the fight with a hard foul on Pistons center Ben Wallace and one of the darkest days in recent NBA history spiraled from there.

The suspension means World Peace will not play in the Lakers' Tuesday game against the Brooklyn Nets at 7:30 p.m. Los Angeles, in the midst of a seven-game road trip, will have World Peace back on the court when it faces the Boston Celtics on Thursday.